"The Lions' draft strategy is to pick the top player on their board. It just so happens that the best prospect available happens to fill a huge need.

"Kyle Vanden Bosch likely won't be back with the team next season because of his $5 million salary, while the other exterior pass-rushers, excluding Cliff Avril, barely did anything this past year. Avril also happens to be a free agent, which is just one more reason why this pick will be used on a defensive end."

In 2012, Werner finished with 42 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 13 sacks and eight pass breakups. He entered the Orange Bowl leading the nation in yards accumulated on tackles behind the line of scrimmage (134). His list of accolades in 2012 included Bronko Nagurski Award finalist, Walter Camp All-American first team, Sporting News All-American first team, AFCA FBS Coaches' All-American first team, AP All-American first team, CBSSports.com All-American first team, Pro Football Weekly All-American first team, SI.com All-American second team, ACC Defensive Player of the Year, All-ACC first team and Coaches All-ACC first team.

Detroit released Vanden Bosch yesterday, while defensive ends Cliff Avril and Lawrence Jackson are unrestricted free agents. The addition of Werner makes sense if Detroit does not re-sign either player or would like to create competition at that position.

"After speaking with scouts at the East-West Shrine Game who have Jones in their territory, they say they expect Jones to slide down and fall out of the top five next April.

"The scouts said there are a few reasons that could add up to Jones falling into the 6-10 range. First of all, the scouts said that Jones is not a good workout guy. They don't believe that he is going to test well or stand out in the Combine or pre-draft workouts. Area scouts who cover Georgia say that Jones is not a weight-room guy. He doesn't put a lot of work in during the week, but would show up on Saturday and dominate naturally."